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free-climb

verb

Definition of free-climb

as in to summit

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Recent Examples of free-climb Potter later became the first person to free-climb both Half Dome and El Capitan in less than 24 hours. — Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026

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In 2024, Purja became the fastest person to summit all 14 of the peaks without supplementary oxygen.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Nelson continued to summit, but collapsed about 20 feet from his brother after apparently being struck by lightning.

— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of summit

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On a relatively short runway, the plane roared to life and gradually ascended to about 1,000 feet.

— Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
And in all the Alpe d’Huez hype, it shouldn’t be overlooked that Evenepoel is now one of just five men to ascend the Alpe in under 38 minutes.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Definition of ascend

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Every prompt, response, and autonomous agent interaction consumes tokens, and as AI systems become more sophisticated, usage can scale from thousands to millions—or even trillions—of tokens.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Over the course of nearly 40 years, SeriousFun has scaled up to become a 21st-century charity, and now serve children with rare diseases.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026

Definition of scale

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With flight sticking to LEO during Artemis III, communication limitations become a lot easier to surmount.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 July 2026
While wearables were already a hard enough curve to convince people on regarding constant data collection, embedding sensors and ways to collect data inside people’s homes will be an even higher threshold to surmount.

— Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

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